The primary objective of the Advanced Space Suit project is to develop EVA Systems technology to enhance and enable efficient human exploration missions to any destination. The project is focused on technologies for a new advanced Portable Life Support System (PLSS), Power and Avionics Systems, and Pressure Garment Systems (PGS) to support human exploration to asteroids, the Moon, and planetary bodies such as Mars and its moons. The challenges of working in these exploration environments exceed those of the current ISS system and will require that all new technologies be more robust, tolerant of dusty environments, work in both vacuum and non-vacuum environments, and support increased crew autonomy.

Project was transferred to the International Space Station Program in the middle of FY16.